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[QUOTE="FlippinCrazy!, post: 2883627, member: 8803"]
I personally think coming up with rules to do away with the shift is the dumbest idea. It’s changing a natural part of the game.

I think the real problem with shifts is from a hitters perspective. It seems that all these dead pull hitters don’t want to make any adjustments. Some of the power hitters can be successful by hitting over the shift, but others should adapt by, I don’t know, learning to go with a pitch and hit to all fields (which should be a fundamental skill in baseball, especially at the major league level). I mean, when all 4 infielders are right of second base, and a hitter hits into that shift repeatedly, that’s not an mlb rules problem, that’s good coaching (from the fielding team) and stubborn hitting.

Look at some of the best hitters in baseball, mike trout, mookie, yelich, and Charlie Blackmon. These guys have the ability to hit to all fields in addition to pulling long home runs. So teams don’t have shift on them..
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